ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIE......FI......................................JDIM360 (Ver 1.5 21 Nov 2005) - 1100000/00827336EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA319991006EP97306679.819970829enenen230015/96 19960830JP56687/97 19970311JP19991006199940199803041998106 6H 04N 5/44 AdeDigitales Rundfunksystem, digitale Rundfunkvorrichtung und Empfänger dafürenDigital broadcasting system, digital broadcasting apparatus, and associated receiver thereforfrSystème de diffusion numérique, dispositif de diffusion numérique et récepteur correspondantNONEMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.00216883ABC/IJB/183621006, Oaza KadomaKadoma-shi, Osaka-fu, 571JPShimoji, Tatsuya30-3-1102, MiiminamimachiNeyagawa-shi, Osaka-fu 572JPOkamura, Kazuo4-5-8-302, HoshigaokaHirakata-shi, Osaka-fu 573JPHirai, Junichi2-20-8-503, Yamate-choSuita-shi, Osada-fu, 564JPOashi, Masahiro43-22, NormuramotomachiHirakata-shi, Osaka-fu 573-01JPKakiuchi, Takashi2-10-7, Kitajou-choToyonaka-shi, Osaka-fu 561JPKusumi, Yuki3-15-40, SekiyakitaKashiba-shi, Nara-ken 639-02JPMiyabe, Yoshiyuki3-9-11-505, Higashimikuni, Yodogawa-kuOsaka-shi, Osaka-fu 532JPMinakata, Ikuo2-34-3, Sakuragaoka, Seika-choSouraku-gun, Kyoto-fu 619-02JPKozuka, Masayuki19-1-1207, Ishi/uminami-machiNeyagawa-shi, Osaka-fu 572JPMimura, Yoshihiro2-22-513, Takatsuka-choHirakata-shi, Osaka-fu 573JPInoue, Shinji19-1, Matsuya-choNeyagawa-shi, Osaka-fu 572JPMori, Toshiya1-7-5-603, ShinzaikeSettsu-shi, Osaka-fu 566JPTakao, Naoya16-3-712, Jousyouji-choKadoma-shi, Osaka-fu 571JPCrawford, Andrew Birkbyet al00029761A.A. THORNTON & CO. Northumberland House 303-306 High HolbornLondon WC1V 7LEGBATBECHDEDKESFIFRGBGRIEITLILUMCNLPTSE19991006199940

A broadcasting system which includes a broadcasting apparatus and a reception apparatus and which achieves interactiveness using a broadcast wave. The broadcasting apparatus includes a content storing unit for storing the plurality of contents, each content including a set of video data and a set of control information that indicates another content that is a link destination for a present content, and a transmitting unit for multiplexing a set of video data and a plurality of sets of the same control information included in a same content as the set of video data, and for transmitting the multiplexed sets of video data and control information. The reception apparatus includes an extracting unit for extracting a set of video data and a set of control information in a same content as the set of video data, a storing unit for storing the extracted set of control information, a reproducing unit for reproducing the extracted set of video data and outputting an image signal, an operation unit for receiving a user operation that indicates a content switching, and a control unit for controlling the extracting unit to extract another content indicated by the set of control information stored in the storing unit, in accordance with the user operation.